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Retro: North Carolina Saturday, March 10, 1979

From TV Guide, North Carolina Edition:

WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro (CBS)

7 AM Cliffwood Avenue Kids
7:30 Kidsworld
8 AM All New Popeye Hour
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
12 N Space Academy
12:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
1 PM Ark II
1:30 30 Minutes
2 PM That Nashville Music (Don Williams, Connie Smith, Mel Street)
2:30 The Next Step Beyond
3 PM Nashville On The Road (guest: Mickey Gilley)
3:30 Pop! Goes The Country
4 PM Golf: Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic (third round)
5 PM Southern Outdoorsman
5:30 Bill Dance Outdoors
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
7 PM Hee Haw (Johnny Paycheck, Dickie Lee)
8 PM Wonder Woman
9 PM CBS Movie: "Death Wish" (Charles Bronson)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Goodbye Charlie"

E (WUND/2 Columbia/Edenton, NC; WUNC/4 Chapel Hill; WUNK/25
Greenville, NC; WUNL/26 Winston-Salem; WUNJ/39 Wilmington, NC;
WUNG/58 Concord, NC) (PBS)

4 PM Guten Tag In Deutschland
4:30 Guten Tag Wie Gehts
5 PM Firing Line
6 PM Engineering Economy Review
6:30 Another Voice
7 PM National Geographic: "Last Stand In Eden" (the plight of elephants
in Kenya)
8 PM Membership Pledge Drive
8:05 That Great American Gospel Sound (Tennessee Ernie Ford and Della
Reese host a program with the Jordanaires, the Happy Goodman Family,
Micki Fuhrman, and the Fisk Jubilee Singers)
10:05 Movie: "The Band Wagon" (Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, from '53)
sign off 12:05 AM

WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS)

7 AM Treehouse Club
7:30 Clue Club (delay from Sun 8:30 AM)
8 AM All New Popeye Hour
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
12 N Space Academy
12:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
1 PM Ark II
1:30 30 Minutes
2 PM Wrestling
3 PM That Nashville Music
3:30 Hee Haw Honeys (Dr. Joyce Brothers and Brush
Arbor are guests)
4 PM Golf: Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic (third round)
5 PM CBS Sports Spectacular (James Scott vs. Richie Kates,
light-heavyweights, 10 rounds, from Rahway (NJ) State
Prison; Southeastern Open, a Women's Professional Bowling
Association event from Greenville, SC)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Lawrence Welk (spotlight on the band members)
8 PM Wonder Woman
9 PM CBS Movie: "Death Wish"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Rabbit, Run"
1:30 With This Ring

WWAY Ch. 3 Wilmington, NC (ABC)

7 AM Kids Are People Too (Stan Lee of Marvel Comics; Fred Berry
of "What's Happening!!", Geraldo Rivera, delay from Sun 10 AM)
8 AM Scooby's All-Stars
9:30 Challenge Of The Superfriends
11 AM Fangface
11:30 All New Pink Panther Show
12 N Superman
12:30 American Bandstand (Bobby Caldwell, Herbie Mann)
1:30 Pop! Goes The Country
2 PM Southern Sportsman
2:30 American Sportsman (a whooping-crane project, features on kayaking
and fishing)
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour (Fair Lanes Open from Washington, DC)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (Danny "Little Red" Lopez defends his WBC featherweight
title against Roberto Castenon, 15 rounds, from Salt Lake City; American Cup
Gymnastics Meet at New York)
6:30 Dolly (guests: Pure Prairie League)
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Delta House
8:30 Welcome Back, Kotter
9 PM Love Boat (passengers: Patrick Laborteaux, Paul Burke, Leslie Nielsen, Arlene
Dahl, Ellen Bry, Mark Serra)
10 PM Fantasy Island (Meredith MacRae, Steve Forrest)
11 PM ABC News (Tom Jarriel)
11:15 That Nashville Music (Larry Gatlin, Randy Gurley, Del Reeves, Johnny Gimble)
11:45 Arthur Smith
12:15 Wrestling

WRAL Ch. 5 Raleigh (ABC)

6:50 Post 5 Reports (Scouts)
7 AM Kids Are People Too
8 AM Scooby's All-Stars
9:30 Challenge Of The Superfriends
11 AM Fangface
11:30 All New Pink Panther Show
12 N ABC Weekend Special ("The Seven Wishes Of Joanna Peabody," with
Butterfly McQueen as fairy godmother to a Harlem girl played by Star-
Shemah; Garrett Morris also appears)
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Teenage Frolics
2 PM Movie: "Toklat"
4 PM Wild Wild World Of Animals
4:30 Southern Sportsman
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 News
7 PM Harambee (the organization Personal Attention for Teens)
7:30 Aware (the play "Dessie," which is designed to help the understanding
of the abusive parent)
8 PM Delta House
8:30 Welcome Back, Kotter
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Fantasy Island
11 PM News
11:15 ABC News
11:30 Wrestling
12:30 Baretta (delay from Fri 11:30 PM)

WTTG Ch. 5 Washington, DC (Ind.)

6:30 Vegetable Soup
7 AM Casper
7:30 Newbag (is this supposed to be "Newsbag"?)
8 AM Dennis The Menace
8:30 Partridge Family
9 AM Family Affair
9:30 Leave It To Beaver
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 Juke-Box
11 AM Movie: "Marshal Of Madrid" (compilation of episodes
from "Cade's County")
1 PM Movie: "The Neptune Disaster"
3 PM Movie: "Sol Madrid"
4:30 Ghost And Mrs. Muir
5 PM Soul Train
6 PM Hot City (disco)
7 PM Andy Griffith
7:30 Brady Bunch
8 PM Movie: "Lifeboat"
10 PM News
10:30 Black Reflections
11 PM Odd Couple
11:30 Movie: "Made For Each Other" (Renee Taylor, Joseph
Bologna)
1:30 Movie: "A Distant Trumpet"
3:30 Movie: "Mannequin"
5:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

WECT Ch. 6 Wilmington, NC (NBC)

7 AM Hot Fudge
7:30 Big Blue Marble
8 AM Alvin And The Chipmunks (the original '60s show; new
episodes began around 1983)
8:30 Fantastic Four
9 AM Godzilla Super 90
10:30 Daffy Duck
11 AM New Fred And Barney Show
11:30 Jetsons
12 N Buford And The Galloping Ghost
12:30 Fabulous Funnies
1 PM Three Stooges/Little Rascals
1:30 NCAA Basketball Special (players and teams taking part
in the NCAA tournament)
2 PM NCAA Basketball: second-round tournament game
4 PM NCAA Basketball: second-round tournament game (time approximate)
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 NBC News (anchor not given)
7 PM Muppet Show (guest: Danny Kaye)
7:30 Closer Look (water and sewer problems in New Hanover County;
financial problems facing high-school athletes)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM Rockford Files
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live (host Gary Busey; musical guests not given)

WITN Ch. 7 Washington, NC (NBC)

6:30 Better Way
7 AM Treehouse Club
7:30 Bay City Rollers
8 AM Alvin And The Chipmunks
8:30 Fantastic Four
9 AM Godzilla Super 90
10:30 Daffy Duck
11 AM New Fred And Barney Show
11:30 Jetsons
12 N Buford And The Galloping Ghost
12:30 Fabulous Funnies
1 PM Wrestling
2 PM NCAA Basketball: second-round tournament game
4 PM NCAA Basketball: second-round tournament game
(time approximate)
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Lawrence Welk (the Music Makers salute St. Patrick's Day)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM Miss Teenage America (Anson Williams and Miss Teenage
America 1978 Leslie Griffiths host; four outstanding young men
are also honored, one of whom is jockey Steve Cauthen)
10 PM Rockford Files
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Christopher Closeup
1:15 News

WGHP Ch. 8 High Point (ABC)

6 AM Tennessee Tuxedo
6:30 Devlin
7 AM Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine (early photos of Andrea
McArdle; the career of Lyndon Johnson)
7:30 Jetsons
8 AM Scooby's All-Stars
9:30 Challenge Of The Superfriends
11 AM Fangface
11:30 All New Pink Panther Show
12 N ABC Weekend Special
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Hollywood Teen
2 PM Soul Train (Bonnie Pointer, Dan Hartman)
3 PM Donna Fargo (guest: Marie Osmond)
3:30 Hee Haw Honeys (guest: Dottie West)
4 PM Wrestling
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 In Search Of A Moral Understanding
7 PM Lawrence Welk (same as WBTV)
8 PM Delta House
8:30 Family Feud (WGHP always had a problem with "Welcome
Back, Kotter," hardly ever airing it in pattern.)
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Fantasy Island
11 PM News
11:15 ABC News
11:30 Movie: "Zombies Of Mora Tau"
1 AM Movie: "Sound Of Horror"
2:30 Help Yourself

WNCT Ch. 9 Greenville, NC (CBS)

7 AM Cliffwood Avenue Kids
7:30 Little Rascals
8 AM All New Popeye Hour
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
12 N Space Academy
12:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
1 PM Ark II
1:30 30 Minutes
2 PM Celebrity Concerts (Roger Whittaker)
3 PM Pop! Goes The Country
3:30 Hee Haw Honeys (same as WBTV)
4 PM Southern Sportsman
4:30 Sportsman's Friend
5 PM Hee Haw (guests: George Jones and Eddie Rabbitt;
all the other stations carrying "Hee Haw" have the
same show as WFMY)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Dolly
7:30 Porter Wagoner (guest: Lois Johnson)
8 PM Wonder Woman
9 PM CBS Movie: "Death Wish"
11 PM News
11:30 Juke-Box (Twiggy's guests are Slade (not Slave, the funk group),
Peter Noone, Albert Hammond, Hello and Elkie Brooks)
12 M Movie: "Red, Hot And Blue" (Betty Hutton, from '49)

WSOC Ch. 9 Charlotte (ABC)

6:15 Mr. Magoo
6:30 Batman
7 AM Kids Are People Too
8 AM Scooby's All-Stars
9:30 Challenge Of The Superfriends
11 AM Fangface
11:30 Kidsworld
12 N ABC Weekend Special
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Movie: "Smoky"
3:30 Movie: "Getting Away From It All" (Larry Hagman
and Barbara Feldon in a made-for-TV movie from '72)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 News
7 PM Bugs Bunny
7:30 Children's World On Ice (local children who hope to make
the 1984 U.S. Olympic ice-skating team)
8 PM Delta House
8:30 Welcome Back, Kotter
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Fantasy Island
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Alvarez Kelly"
1:30 ABC News

WIS Ch. 10 Columbia, SC (NBC)

6:30 Viewpoint On Nutrition
7 AM Kidsworld
7:30 Mr. Knozit
8 AM Alvin And The Chipmunks
8:30 Fantastic Four
9 AM Godzilla Super 90
10:30 Daffy Duck
11 AM New Fred And Barney Show
11:30 Jetsons
12 N Buford And The Galloping Ghost
12:30 Fabulous Funnies
1 PM That Nashville Music
1:30 NCAA Basketball Special
2 PM NCAA Basketball: second-round tournament game
4 PM NCAA Basketball: second-round tournament game
(time approximate)
6 PM Dance (time approximate)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM News
7:30 Awareness
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM Rockford Files
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Dance
1:30 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
2 AM With This Ring

WTVD Ch. 11 Durham (CBS)

6:30 Sunrise Semester: "Ancient Egyptian Art"
7 AM Superman
7:30 My Three Sons
8 AM All New Popeye Hour
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
12 N Space Academy
12:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
1 PM Soul Train
2 PM Movie: "How To Frame A Figg" (Don Knotts)
4 PM Golf: Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic (third round)
5 PM CBS Sports Spectacular
6 PM News
6:30 Black Unlimited
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Wonder Woman
9 PM CBS Movie: "Death Wish"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Raid On Rommel"

WCTI Ch. 12 New Bern (ABC)

5:45 Telestory
6 AM Big Blue Marble
6:30 Hot Fudge
7 AM Animals, Animals, Animals (Steve and Carol McAuliffe,
who train animals for the theater; hog calling at the
Iowa State Fair; an animated story, "The Three Other
Little Pigs," delay from Sun 11:30 AM)
7:30 Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine (childhood photos
of Joe Namath, highlights of 1969, the origins of the
Robin Hood legend)
8 AM Scooby's All-Stars
9:30 Challenge Of The Superfriends
11 AM Fangface
11:30 All New Pink Panther Show
12 N ABC Weekend Special
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Soul Train (Edwin Starr, Grace Jones, the Jimmy Castor
Bunch)
2:30 Bonkers! (the Hudson Brothers welcome George Gobel)
3 PM Movie: "Encounter With The Unknown" (narrated by Rod Serling just
before his death in 1975)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Nashville On The Road (guest: Freddy Fender)
7 PM Wrestling
8 PM Delta House
8:30 Welcome Back, Kotter
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Fantasy Island
11 PM Will C.'s Red-Eye Cinema
11:15 Movie: "The Ox-Bow Incident"
12:45 Movie: "It Can Be Done, Amigo"

WXII Ch. 12 Winston-Salem (NBC)

6 AM For You...Black Woman
6:30 Scrunch
7 AM Big Blue Marble
7:30 Vegetable Soup
8 AM Alvin And The Chipmunks
8:30 Fantastic Four
9 AM Godzilla Super 90
10:30 Daffy Duck
11 AM New Fred And Barney Show
11:30 Jetsons
12 N Buford And The Galloping Ghost
12:30 Fabulous Funnies
1 PM Wrestling
2 PM NCAA Basketball: second-round tournament game
4 PM NCAA Basketball: second-round tournament game
(time approximate)
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 Report To The People
7 PM $1.98 Beauty Show
7:30 $100,000 Name That Tune
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM Rockford Files
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Tennis: John McEnroe vs. Dick Stockton (not the
sportscaster) in a WCT Challenge Cup match

WBTW Ch. 13 Florence, SC (CBS/ABC)

6:55 Puppet Love
7 AM What's New, Mr. Magoo? (delay from Sun 8 AM)
7:30 Clue Club
8 AM All New Popeye Hour
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
12 N Space Academy
12:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
1 PM Ark II
1:30 30 Minutes
2 PM Happening (public affairs)
2:30 Involvement (public affairs)
3 PM Wrestling
4 PM Golf: Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic (third round)
5 PM CBS Sports Spectacular
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Wonder Woman
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Charlie's Angels (ABC, delay from Wed 9 PM)
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "Death Wish"
1:30 Soul Train

WTCG (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)

5:40 World At Large
6:10 Discovery (I think these may be reruns of the ABC series.)
6:40 News
7 AM Three Stooges/Little Rascals
8 AM Cliffwood Avenue Kids
8:30 Partridge Family
9 AM Star Trek
10 AM Movie: "The Desperate Hours" (Humphrey Bogart, from '55)
12:30 Movie: "Invaders From Mars"
2 PM Movie: "Revenge Of The Gladiators"
4 PM Mission: Impossible
5 PM Fishin' Hole
5:30 Rat Patrol
6 PM Wrestling
8 PM Hee Haw Honeys
8:30 Marty Robbins' Spotlight
9 PM Dolly
9:30 That Nashville Music
10 PM Pop! Goes The Country
10:30 Nashville On The Road
11 PM Porter Wagoner
11:30 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
1 AM Juke-Box
1:30 Movie: "No Time For Sergeants" (Andy Griffith)
3:45 Movie: "Ride Lonesome"

WCCB Ch. 18 Charlotte (Ind.)

6 AM News
6:35 Forum
6:50 Let's Think It Over
7 AM Groovie Goolies
8 AM Spider-Man
8:30 Battle Of The Planets
9 AM Movie: "Blood Of The Vampire"
10:30 Movie: "Five Graves To Cairo"
12:30 Movie: "The Poor Little Rich Girl" (Shirley Temple)
2 PM Movie: "The Palm Beach Story"
4 PM Movie: "The Americano"
6 PM Bonanza
7 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
7:30 Real McCoys
8 PM Dolly (guest: Tom T. Hall)
8:30 Marty Robbins' Spotlight (Marty's son Ronnie, Jeanne
Pruett, Roy Acuff)
9 PM Nashville On The Road (guest: Porter Wagoner)
9:30 Porter Wagoner (guest: Barbara Green)
10 PM TBA
11 PM Movie: "Manhunt In The Jungle"
12:45 Movie: "The Doctor"
2:30 Movie: "Operation: Lovebirds"
4:15 Movie: "Try And Get Me"

WDCA Ch. 20 Washington, DC (Ind.)

5:25 Agricultural Update
5:30 Consultation
6 AM PTL Club
7 AM Get Smart
7:30 Hour Of Prayer
8 AM Abbott And Costello
8:30 PTL Club
9:30 Oral Roberts
10 AM Ernest Angley
11 AM Wrestling
12 N Eastern Outdoorsman
12:30 Movie: "It Ain't Hay" (Abbott and Costello)
2 PM NHL Hockey: Boston Bruins-Minnesota North Stars
(now the Dallas Stars) (joined in progress)
4 PM Mothers-In-Law (time approximate)
4:30 Emergency One!
5:30 In Search Of...
6 PM Star Trek
7 PM Space: 1999
8 PM Movie: "The Diabolical Dr. Z"
10 PM Challenge
10:30 Petey Greene's Washington
11 PM Movie: "Curse Of The Demon"
1 AM 700 Club

WPTF (WRDC) Ch. 28 Durham (NBC)

7:30 Bay City Rollers
8 AM Cliffwood Avenue Kids
8:30 PTL Club
10:30 Jerry Falwell
11:30 Black Forum
12 N Fishin' Hole
12:30 Bill Dance Outdoors
1 PM That Nashville Music
1:30 NCAA Basketball Special
2 PM NCAA Basketball: second-round tournament game
4 PM NCAA Basketball: second-round tournament game
(time approximate)
6 PM Lawrence Welk (the cast's annual performance at
Lake Tahoe, time approximate)
7 PM In Search Of...
7:30 Muppet Show (guest: Harry Belafonte)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM Rockford Files
11 PM Second City Television
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Movie: "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse"

WRET (WCNC) Ch. 36 Charlotte (NBC)

7 AM Three Stooges & Pals
7:30 Bay City Rollers
8 AM Alvin And The Chipmunks
8:30 Fantastic Four
9 AM Godzilla Super 90
10:30 Daffy Duck
11 AM New Fred And Barney Show
11:30 Jetsons
12 N Buford And The Galloping Ghost
12:30 Wrestling
1:30 Southern Outdoorsman
2 PM NCAA Basketball: second-round tournament game
4 PM NCAA Basketball: second-round tournament game
(time approximate)
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Woody & Pals
7:30 Outdoors With Julius Boros
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM Rockford Files
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Movie: "The Cockeyed Cowboys Of Calico County"
2:30 Movie: "The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady" (Debbie Reynolds'
screen debut, from '50)
4 AM Movie: "September Affair"

WTVI Ch. 42 Charlotte (PBS)

4 PM Austin City Limits
5 PM Consumer Survival Kit
5:30 Footsteps (topic: proper nutrition)
6 PM Turnabout (topic: wife abuse)
6:30 Another Voice
7 PM Soccer Made In Germany
8 PM That Great American Gospel Sound
10 PM Movie: "The Band Wagon"
sign off 12 M
 
bpatrick said:
WWAY Ch. 3 Wilmington, NC (ABC)
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour (Fair Lanes Open from Washington, DC)

I noticed that they were the only ABC station in the region to carry Pro Bowler's Tour -- was bowling ever popular in North Carolina?
 
As far as 'SNL' is concerned, it was a jazz-blues-flavored night, with performances by Eubie Blake, Gregory Hines, and Busey himself, jamming with Paul Butterfield, of the eponymous Butterfield Blues Band, as well as Rick Danko, formerly of The Band.
 
azumanga said:
bpatrick said:
WWAY Ch. 3 Wilmington, NC (ABC)
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour (Fair Lanes Open from Washington, DC)

I noticed that they were the only ABC station in the region to carry Pro Bowler's Tour -- was bowling ever popular in North Carolina?

"Pro Bowlers Tour" never had a big following in the South, other than in Virginia and Florida, although there were some ABC affiliates such as WTVC Chattanooga and WLOS Asheville that always carried it. In Atlanta, neither WXIA nor WSB would carry it, handing it off to either WATL or WVEU (which became WUPA), Chs. 36 and 69 respectively.

In North Carolina bowling had no chance against ACC basketball.
 
For many years, WLOS's lineup on Saturdays was predictable, usually a movie then "Pro Bowlers Tour" then "Wide World of Sports" for many years, until 1997. As ABC added more bowling, the schedule was pretty much the same from January to about June or July. Once in a great while, if bowling started early, they'd usually drop the movie.

I'm amazed WLOS showed "Pro Bowlers Tour" given that bowling had no chance against ACC basketball.
 
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